A Poem...

I walk down the street

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk

I fall in.

I am lost...I am hopeless

It isn't my fault

It takes forever to find a way out

I walk down the same street 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk

I pretend I don't see it

I fall in again

I can't believe I am in the same place

But, it isn't my fault

It still takes a long time to get out

I walk down the same street 

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk

I see it there

I still fall in...it's a habit

My eyes are open

I know where I am

It is my fault

I get out immediately

I walk dow the same street

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk

I walk around it

I walk down another street.

By: Portia Nelson

This poem is so true in my everyday life!  How many times have I walked 

down the same street and fallen in the same hole...why has it taken me so long 

to figure out to walk around the hole and down another street??  I think if I 

had realized this I would have saved myself a lot of heartache...and 

pain...saved myself from having to make some very painful choices.  I wish on 

all of the stars in the Heavens I could go back and not go through some of the 

painful things I had to go through...because of the road I chose to go down.  

Isn't the saying "if I had known then how it was going to be now, I would have 

made different choices."  I am constantly thinking that in my head...

But, on the positive side I am finally to the point where I am walking around 

the hole and going down a different street!  And that is the part that is so very 

exciting to me!  I love the feelings that I have...I love not having guilt in my 

heart for some choices I make!  Because for once I am making good 

choices...for me and for my kids.  I am wanting to be a good example to my 

children, by stop doing some of the things I used to do.  For example I have 

thrown out all of my tank tops, I do not wear them anymore!  Another 

example is I have stopped going to the stores on Sunday...although it is so 

tempting!!!!  Not to go shopping for clothes, but just to go to the gas station for 

a soda, I love fountain soda!  It is a weakness!  I have also raised my 

standards for the kind of man I want in my life and my children's lives!  There 

are many changes that are happening to me both inside and outside!  The 

changes that are happening inside of me are the most exciting!!!!  

I am loving life!!!!!